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...outlawing Batasuna, the political arm of the separatist paramilitary organization ETA, the Spanish government may be headed for confrontation - not only with the extremists, but also with moderate nationalist majority in the Basque Country. Last Monday, the party's activities were suspended by Judge Baltasar Garzon, whose order was promptly enforced at the party's offices by police. The judge's ruling was based on his findings that Batasuna forms an integral part of ETA's structure and, as such, shares responsibility for the band's terrorist actions. The move coincided with a resolution passed on Monday in the Spanish...
...decisions in Madrid are certainly likely to strain relations between the central government and the moderate Basque nationalist coalition that, a little over a year ago, decisively defeated the Basque subsidiaries of Spain's two major parties. In the same election, Batasuna's support was slashed by more than 40 percent, with the party drawing only 10 percent of the region's vote. The election underscored two political facts of the Basque Country - a resounding rejection by most voters of Batasuna, principally because of its inability to distance itself from ETA's violence; and at the same time a popular...
...Right-wing nationalists have made Chiran a shrine: every Aug. 15, which the Japanese mark as the date of the war's end, trucks roll through the streets blaring nationalist messages and songs. But in Tome's eyes, the kamikazes were kids, not political symbols, and she relentlessly preached peace. "She always said, 'No one wins in war,'" recalls Hatsuyo. "To her, these boys were victims." Many of the families visiting Chiran this Aug. 15 heed her message, and express pity and sorrow rather than jingoistic pride. "I came because I wanted to know the truth," says Kazunori Matsuo...
...strategy of "armed struggle" to end the occupation was partly inspired by the success of Hezbollah's 20-year guerrilla war in persuading Israel to withdraw from Lebanon. Barghouti may be betting that prison will anoint him as Arafat's ultimate successor, and also confer on him the nationalist moral authority necessary to make the compromises of statesmanship. But while Barghouti may imagine himself in the role of a Palestinian Mandela, he can't relish the fact that between the South African leader's conviction on terrorism charges and his triumphant release, he languished in prison for a quarter century...
This 180-degree turn reflects desperation. Since the rebirth of democracy some 50 years ago, no German government has sought refuge in nationalist, let alone anti-American, rhe-toric. Even the Chirac government is (very) quietly signaling Washington that it would go along in a war against Iraq - if also for the self-serving reason of being at the table where the spoils of victory would be distributed. To have a hand in the postwar reorganization of Iraq also explains Britain's judiciously rationed support for an attack. Tony Blair is not George W.'s "poodle," as his domestic critics...